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Tim McKernan, "Barrel Man" to Broncos fans, dies at 69
The Denver Post ^
| December 5, 2009
| Annette Espinoza
Posted on 12/06/2009 9:06:50 AM PST by EveningStar
Tim "Barrel Man" McKernan, an avid Broncos fan who was known for wearing a barrel, cowboy hat, cowboy boots and not much else, died in his sleep this morning of lung failure. He was 69.
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TOPICS: Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: barrelman; broncos; denver; denverbroncos; football; nfl; profootball; timmckernan
To: EveningStar
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posted on
12/06/2009 9:11:33 AM PST
by
Perdogg
(Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
To: EveningStar
One of sports greatest fans. Sorry to see him go.
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posted on
12/06/2009 9:23:32 AM PST
by
discostu
(The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression)
To: EveningStar

RIP
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posted on
12/06/2009 9:26:02 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
(The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
To: EveningStar
The stuff that makes sports fun
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posted on
12/06/2009 9:41:38 AM PST
by
llevrok
(Love and mental illness are similar. At first, all seems normal.)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
12/06/2009 12:08:00 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: llevrok
His was a fun outfit, even though the barrel kept “getting smaller.”
Some of the Raiders fans look like escapees from the ninth circle of hell.
RIP to a great fan.
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posted on
12/07/2009 7:35:33 AM PST
by
Loud Mime
(The time to water the tree of liberty approaches...)
To: EveningStar
RIP, Barrel Man. We’ll miss seeing you.
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posted on
12/08/2009 9:18:21 AM PST
by
Hoffer Rand
(There ARE two Americas: "God's children" and the tax payers)
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